Enrollment
134
Elementary
DISTRICT 79 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOON RIVER VALLEY CUSD 4·NCES 173696004838
Spoon River Valley Elementary School
35265 N IL Route 97, London Mills, IL 61544 · (309) 778-2207 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL134 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
61 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Spoon River Valley Elementary School→Spoon River Valley Jr High School→Spoon River Valley Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Spoon River Valley CUSD 4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
65.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.1pp since 2023
Math
65.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +21.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.3% | 65.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 43.4% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Spoon River Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #225 of 1,925 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #308 of 2,077 | #1 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #491 of 2,077 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 134 | #2,263 of 2,419 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.5% | #1,414 of 2,132 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
134
-10 (-7%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 249
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 134 | 13 | 10.3:1 | 46% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 142 | 10.7 | 13.3:1 | 56% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 133 | 10.9 | 12.2:1 | 53% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 144 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 176 | 12.6 | 14.0:1 | 47% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 184 | 12 | 15.3:1 | 47% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 234 | 15 | 15.6:1 | 44% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 20 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 249 | 17 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spoon River Valley Elementary School.
About Spoon River Valley Elementary School
Spoon River Valley Elementary School is one of the public schools in London Mills, Illinois. It is a very small elementary school. Its enrollment is 134 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 65% below average.
Spoon River Valley Elementary School sits within Spoon River Valley CUSD 4, which has 3 schools and 236 students.
White students account for 90% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 10% multiracial. Among Fulton County residents, the White share is about 92%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 19%.
There are 13 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.3:1. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 3.6 students per teacher. On the income side, 46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Spoon River Valley Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in Illinois. Predicted: 45.2%. Actual: 64.2%.
The school's county is Fulton County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $60,599, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 24 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,160, Spoon River Valley Elementary School among them.
Spoon River Valley Jr High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Spoon River Valley Elementary School. Spoon River Valley Elementary School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Spoon River Valley Elementary School comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Spoon River Valley Elementary School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 10 students, from 144 to 134.
Spoon River Valley Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,020
Census ACS
Median income
$60,599
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
4,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spoon River Valley CUSD 4
- Spoon River Valley Sr High SchoolHigh · 60 students
- Spoon River Valley Jr High SchoolMiddle · 42 students
Other schools in London Mills
- Spoon River Valley Sr High SchoolHigh · 60 students
- Spoon River Valley Jr High SchoolMiddle · 42 students
Nearby schools
- Spoon River Valley Jr High School0.0 mi · 42
- Spoon River Valley Sr High School0.0 mi · 60
- Farmington Central Jr High School9.1 mi · 253
- Farmington Central High School9.1 mi · 383
- Farmington Central Elementary School9.1 mi · 633
- Lincoln Elementary School10.7 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About Spoon River Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Spoon River Valley Elementary School?
Spoon River Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 134 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Spoon River Valley Elementary School serve?
Spoon River Valley Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Spoon River Valley Elementary School have?
Spoon River Valley Elementary School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
How diverse is Spoon River Valley Elementary School?
Spoon River Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 90% White, 1% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Spoon River Valley Elementary School?
Spoon River Valley Elementary School is overseen by Spoon River Valley CUSD 4 in Fulton County.
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